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F. H. GIBBS.

COMPARTMENT RAILWAY CAR.

APFLICATION FILED MN. 8.1916- I 1,193,256, PanwdAug. 1,1916.

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Inventor Patented Aug. 1, 1916.

F. H. GIBBS. ,COMPARTMENT RAILWAY CAR.

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APPLICATION FILED IAN. 8, |916.

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FREDERICK GIBBs, or NEW YORK, .N. Y.

ooMPanTMENfr RAILWAECAR To all fir/wim. it 'muy cancer-n Be it known that I, '.FuEnEnIoK H. Grs, residing,r at New York-city, New York, and being a. citizen-of the United States, have invented certain new and useful Improveinents in Compartment Railway-Gars, of

' will occur to persons skilled in the art.

In said drawings: l"igure l is a. partial central verticalsectumal view of a. car body equipped withlthe invention it being underfx stood that parts shown'are tol be duplicated at the opposite end of the car. Fig. 2 is a transverse sectional fiew.ithe"SeCti0n being taken on line 2.-. ofl Fig. 1, lookingr in the direction indicatedby the atronf, Fig. 3 is rangement 4vof parts. Figs. 4 and 5 are respectively side elevational and sectional views of the trackway hereinafter vreferred to. Fig. (l illustrates a modification'showingr the simplest form oli-practising: the invention. Fig. 7 illustrates a longitudinal sectional View the section being taken through the roof of the car as on line 7-7 of Fig. 8. Fig. 8 is a 4transverse sectional view the section being taken on line 8-8 of Fig; 7.

The object of the invention is'to provide :rn-improved car body adapted to be employed in transporting a plurality of kinds of materials separated by one or more bulk'- heads which divide the interior ofl the car body into a plurality .of compartments.

Another objectis to provide simple means for merging said compartments into a lesser number and to close an opening in the car roof, and to provide with theforegoing a modified type of roof framing and trackway combined which is designed to carry a portable hoist Vadapted to actuate said bulkheads.

Referring to the parts,.4 .represents generally the roof of afrailway car provided with a roof opening 5Y for the insertion of such commodities as it may be desirable to load through said opening into the end oom- Specication of Letters Patent.

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partment 6, said opening being provided' with the hatch cover 7, commonly incidentv to railway ears.

Suspended by brackets 8, attached to the side walls 9 of the car is a bulkhead l() which extends transversely of the carand divides the interior thereof into a pluralityof compartments, as 6 and 62. The lower end Vof the bulkhead 10, as is common in this type of construction, extends to or nearly to the Hoor of the car and is locked in position if desired.

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Near the upper portion of the .interior of the car and extending at each side'of the roof opening 5 at both sides of the interior,"-

are channel-shaped trackways 20, on which slide closures. '2l adapted'to register with the 'roof' opening and close the same when the bulkhead 10 is lifted to position near the -roof of the car, as shown in'dot and The closure-21 may comprise a'. carriage of any suitableconstruction, either with or without perforations, the

object being to automatically'olose the open-` 8o ing in the roof when the bulkhead 'is lifted to the dot and dash position'. Details of" construction of the closure 2l are uniin or,-

-tant for the prese-nt invention. Itnfi noted, however, that said.A closure `8 5 a. wood franungf?. extending. entirely: fergs the interior of the car, and Yprovided latlits sides next the sidewall 9 Withthe 'flanged \-\-'heels 23, which are adapted to'ptravel on" the lower outstanding flanges of saidjchannels 20,. the upper flanges of said channel 20'serv1ng as gruardsto prevent-lifting olffsaid' closure or carriage fromv'olf ts"track f way.

bulkhead 1() and at theirl upperends with drums 15, are cables 1G, which are adapted to be wound uponsaid drums tov liftthe bulkhead to a position near the roof of thecar, asV indicated. l

Connected with the upper end of the bulkhead 10 are castings 51 at eachside ofthe bulkhead, which castings preferably carry trunnions adapted to be seated in openmouthed pockets in the brackets 8 and as the castings 51 are connected by vbolts 0r equivalent means 52 with the upper ends of the bulkheads 10, said bulkheads are thereby. supported when lowered toa vertical position.

Extending at an angular relation with they bulkhead 10 are lugs 54, with which are Connected at their loweitends with said'b' pivotally connected links 55, which links in turn are connected with the short legs 56 of bell-crank-levers A pivoted at 57 in brackets 58, which are secured to the inner faces of said walls 9. The longer legs 59 of said bell-Crank-levers are connected by means of through the link 55 will throw the bellhorizontal position the link 55a swings the Y. or as shown crank-lever to the position shown in dotted lines in said figure, and said bell'crank will,

through the link GO, push said carriage or, closure to position so that it will register with said roof opening 5.

The flanged wheels support said closure while it is travcling on the lower flange of the channel Z0 and is supported` thereby. Thus, lifting the bulkhead from its vertical to horizontal position, during which time it will swing on` the trunnions indicated, automatically closes the roof opening to prevent surreptitious entrance to the interior of the car, and when the bulkhead'is again lowered to vertical position the closure 21 will be automatically retracted to the position shown in full lines in said Fig. l, thereby leaving said roof openingclosed only by the hatch cover 7, as indicated, which hatch cover may be readily removed for the insertion ot' lading or suitable material into the end compartment 6.

For some reasons, the slidable carriage to Yclose the roof opening is preferred though it may be desirable to employ the construction illustrated in Fig. 6 in which a bulkhead 10 is connected to a pivotally mounted closure 21a by means of the link 55a having an offset bend a to accommodate the/trunnions on whichiswing the biilkbeads. Links 55a are. pivotally connected with the bulkhead and closure as indicated in Fig. 6 and when the bulkhead is lifted to the dotted,

closure '21a into register with the roof opening In some instances it may be desirable to employ a portable hoist to lift one bulkhead at a time in which case a trackway as 40 or 40* may be employed for that purpose.

B oth trackways coperate with the carlines 41 in forming the roof structure, the trackway lOa connecting said carlin'es as shown in Fig. 1, and being secured thereto, in F ig. 8 the trackway ll() forms -the tension member of a roof truss frame in whichv ft2 is the ridge or compression member and 41 the carlines or struts.

What I claim is: l. ln arailway car, a roof having an opening therein, a compartment accessible through said opening, a bulkhead adapted to occupy a vertical position and adapted to swing upwardly toward said roof, and means for swinging said bulkhead toward said roof, in combination with a. link pivotally connected with said bulkhead and a closure for saidopening connected with said link and adapted to register with said opening when the bulkhead swings upwardly toward said roof. Y

2. In a railway car, a roof having an opening therein, a. compartment accessible through said opening, a bulkhead adapted to occupy a position eatending transversely of vsaid car and adapted to swing upwardly toward said roof, a cable connected with said bulkhead and means for winding said cable for swinging said bulkhead toward said roof, in. combination with a link pivotally connected with said bulkhead and a closure for said opening pivotally connected with said link and adapted to register with said opening when the bulkhead swings up wardly toward said roof.

3. In a railway car, a roof having an opening therein, a compartment accessible through said opening, a bulkhead adapted to occupy a vertical position to divide said car into a plurality 'of compartments and adapted to swing upwardly toward said roof,to thereby merge said compartment-s, in combination with a closure for said opening a link having an oll'set portion intermediate the bulkhead and said closure the link being actuated by the bulkhead and adapted to automatically cause the closure to register with said opening when the bulkhead is lifted. I

4. In a car, a. combination comprising a Bo. Y

roof with an opening therein, a pivotedbulk- Y head adapted to separate the interior of the car into a plurality of compartments, a separate closure for said opening, and means comprising a link connected with and operable by saidbulkhead adapted to cause said thereby dividing the roof, in combination with a pivoted closure f or said opening and mea-ns comprisingA a link pivotally connected with and connecting said closure and the bulkhead and beingadapted to beactuated by said bulkhead .to cause said closure to register with said opening.

6. In combination, side .and end walls, a ioof having an opening, a bulkhead extending between the side walls, a closure for the root opening and rigid means pivotally conl necting the bulkhead and closure in such .roof having an members, a trackway connected with some manner that lifting the bulkhead to a position near the roof will automaticallyvcause the closure to register with said roof opening. 7 In combination, side walls, end walls, a

opening and roof framing ing members,- a trackwayv connected with said members, and m'eans lnovable on said trac-kway independently of said bulkhead adapted to lift said bulkhead.

9. In combination in a car body, a liftable bulkhead, a roof including a trackway an means movable on said trackway independ- 'trackway,

ently of said bulkhead adapted to lift said bulkhead.

10, In combination in a car body, a roof l having a trackway connected therewith, a lifting means mova'ble'on said trackway, and

a. plurality of bulkheads either of which can,

be connected with said lifting means to lift it toward said roof.

11. In combination, a trussed roof and a plurality of bulkheads, lifting means movable on said trackway-independ'- ently of said bulkheads, and means adapted to connect either bulkhead and said lifting i means.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of two wltnesses.

FREDERICK H. GIBBS.

lVitnesses:

C. L. Banning, ETHEL W. WAnToN. 

